Elisabetta Sirani: Pioneer, Teacher and Artist
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) was born in Bologna, a progressive city with a liberal attitude towards educating women. She was a pioneering female...
Gokce Dyson 22 March 2024
Art Movements
Isenheim Altarpiece – Polyptych About Pain and Passion
Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald is a polyptych about pain and passion. It’s a complex piece consisting of several parts and sections,...
Magda Michalska 21 March 2024
Ghent Altarpiece: The Charmed Life of the Mystic Lamb
Come with us to visit the Van Eyck brothers, their monumental Ghent Altarpiece, and explore 500 years of intrigue, theft and revolutionary painting techniques.
Candy Bedworth 21 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Marriage A-la-Mode by William Hogarth
The 18th-century British painter William Hogarth created an insightful series of paintings about the arranged marriages of his times, entitled...
Pola Otterstein 19 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Reluctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche
Have you ever seen a bride more… angry? Should this not be the happiest day of her life? The Reluctant Bride or The Hesitant Fiancée by Auguste...
Jimena Escoto 19 March 2024
Alphonse Mucha – Art Nouveau Master
Alphonse Mucha is perhaps the artist most publicly associated with Art Nouveau. Today we explore the life and work of the Czech master. Alphonse...
Europeana 18 March 2024
Art Nouveau Explained
Art Nouveau is one of the most distinguished styles in art. Even though its duration was brief, it quickly became a fetish of the elite. It spread...
Errika Gerakiti 18 March 2024
Art Nouveau’s Unsung Female Artists
Art Nouveau, the movement that flourished between 1890 and 1910, developed at the apex of Belle Époque, the period which encouraged modernity and...
Anastasia Tsaleza 18 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Saint Anne
To the south of Egypt is the mysterious land of Nubia. It has a complex history due to the different states and religions that have occupied the...
James W Singer 17 March 2024
Gesina ter Borch’s Sole Signed Painting Emerges at an Art Fair
Recently Rijksmuseum announced an acquisition of a highly sought-after newly emerged work by a Dutch Golden Age artist, Gesina ter Borch. This...
Nicole Ganbold 15 March 2024
The Art of Story Telling: The Abduction of the Sabine Women
According to popular belief, there are only seven plot types in storytelling. Hence it is not surprising to find artists inspired by the same...
Wendy Gray 15 March 2024
Painting the Fall of the Roman Empire
After many centuries, we are still wondering why the Roman Empire disappeared. Many theories try to explain it: wars, ideological problems, a chaotic...
Celia Leiva Otto 15 March 2024
